Death Row Inmate Dies At Menard

September 11, 1993

Illinois — Convicted killer John Pasch, who was sentenced to death in 1988 for the murders of his landlord and a Chicago police officer, died Friday, apparently of natural causes, at Menard state prison, according to the Illinois attorney general's office.

Pasch, 64, shot to death his landlord on the afternoon of April 3, 1986, during a confrontation over unpaid rent outside his basement apartment on the North Side. He then killed a police tactical officer and held other officers at bay for 36 hours before surrendering.

The U.S. Supreme Court had been scheduled this fall to hear an appeal of the death sentence imposed on Pasch.